(OTTAWA) Of the three competing visions for health care that are on the table -- proposed by Senator Michael Kirby, Roy Romanow, and the provinces -- only one will end up defining the direction of the upcoming First Minister's conference and, ultimately, February's federal budget, says economist Armine Yalnizyan.

In the third of an on-going series entitled Paying for Keeps: Securing the Future of Public Health Care, Yalnizyan lays out the difference between the three visions for health care and makes the case for a strong federal role.